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THE ROBESONIAN' Established 1870. , Country, God and Truth. Single Copies Five Cento. VOL XU NO. SO. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1910 WHOLE NO. 2618 MAXTON NEWS. Shooting Frolic Ends in Death of One Child and the Wound ing of Another All Parties Negroes Bank in New Quart ersWith the M e r r y-Go-Rounders Other. News of In terest CorrwDondenee of The Robesonian. Maxton, Nov. 25. -Mrs. W. G. Green and son Alton returned Tuesday night from Whitakers, where they had been visiting relatives for the past two weeks. Mr. Wm. Laurie Hill, who is now editor of "Our Fatherless Ones," spent Thanksgiving with his brother Dr. H. G. Hill. Rev. C. H. Durham has been assisting in a protracted meeting here mis weeK in tne mptist church. He has preached some soul-stirring sermons and seems to be an able preacher. There has been much interest shown in this meeting. Misses Bessie McLean. Mattie Brown McLean, Mattie Williams McLean and Mr. Hector McLean spent yesterday in your city with Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McLean. On last Saturday the ladies of the Presbyterian church held another rummage, this time re alizing $64 by the sale, to add to the organ fund. The Bank of Maxton moved into its new office Tuesday. It is now ready to do business with and for any and everybody. Miss Lmma Belle McRae and Mr. June McKay attended the dance in Red Springs last night. Miss McRae remained over with Miss Rosa McMillan. Dr. C. G vardell, president of S. P. C, Red Springs, spent Wednesday right in town. Messrs. Job. Weatherby and Arch. McKinnon attended the dance in Red Springs last night. An automobile filled with charming Lumberton people came to our town today. Mr. Carlyle returned in a Cadillac Co." "A Japanese Honeymoon" was presented here Wednesday night. lhe size and cnaracter of the au diance deserved a better presen tation. Miss Janie Dinwiddie of Raleigh is visiting her sister Mrs. A. B. Croom. Miss Ela Steed went to Concord Wednesday to spend a few days with Miss Hallie Austin, who is teaching there now. A few young people were en tertained at supper at the Maple Shade inn last night. The sup per was elegant and enjoyed by everyone. Dr. Hill preached a beautiful Thanksgiving sermon last night in the Presbyterian church to an appreciative congregation. Yesterday about three o'clock in the afternoon there was en acted on the outskirts of the town the usual hunting tragedy. Two sons of Perry Wall, colored, uecoming possessed ot a new gun, betook themselves to the woods near McNair's SDrincr for a shooting frolic. The two older boys, aged between fifteen and seventeen years, respectively, first engaged in a tussel for the ifun, which ended in favor of the younger, John Wall. The evi dence is conflicting, but the re sult was the death of a small negro child of three years, who was playing near, and the serious wounding of another small broth er of said John Wall at his hands. The coroner from Lumberton was summoned the same evening and arrived Fridav morniner. after which a jury was summon ed and an inquest held. The verdict rendered was that "de ceased came to its death by gun in hands of Jno. Wall." John was sent to jail to await further investigation. The claim of ac cidentia! shooting was not satis factory, as there was . some evi dence that the young coon was enraged with his brother, intend mg the shot for him. The wounded boy was removed t the Maxton hospital for treat ment. .Misses Clarkie Belle and Bessie McNair handed around Thanks Pving boxes to the Merry-Go founds this afternoon. Miss "'"an Mcwair read a paper on New Orleans, Miss Elizabeth McNair rendered a piano solo, and Miss Carrie 1 Shaw read a Paper. The contest was very mteresting and exiting. Hand Painted raenu were .passed around, and each guest was re quested to guess what her box contained. Miss Emma Belle McRae found a live frog in hers, which afforded much amusement tor quite awhile. They were then asked into the di nine" ronm -- 0 , yv men was beautifully decorated m autumn leaves, and served the salad course and nunth. Miss Lillian Austin was given a hand some china celery set as the prize. The visitors present were: Misses Janie Dinwiddie, Bessie Kineaid, Mesdames A. B. Croom, R. D. Croom, R. M. Williams and Joe Edwards. All enjoyed every minute, and were loath to leave the scene of festivities. THANKSGIVING DAY. ST. PAULS PACKAGE. - M An Error Corrected About Cost of Baptist Church Other Items. Correspondence of The Robesonian. St. Pauls. Nov. 26 Mrs. T C. Barnes, of Lumberton snp.nt Monday with Mrs. J. C. Blanch ard, also Mrs. N. T. HumDhrev and little daughter Carrie Mae of route No. 1. Miss Pearle Evans entertained a lew triends at her home Thanksgiving night. Among tnose who went 'to Richmond Thursday to witness the football game between the Universities of N. C. and Va. Messrs. J. Generally Observed in Lumber ton Services at the Various Churches ana Contributions for Orphanages Dinner for the Inmates of the County Home. Thanksgiving Day in Lumber ton was very much like Sunday, as usual. There was an almost complete suspension of business, the banks being closed, of course, all the stores being closed the greater part of the day, and most of the industrial plants be ing closed down. Services were held at all the churches except the Methodist, where Thanks giving services were held Wednesday evening. The col lection at this church was for the laundry of the Methodist Or phanage at Raleighand amount ed to $48.42. Services were held for the first time Thanksgiving Day in the new First Baptist church and many from other churches met with the Baptist congregation in this first service. Miss Rebecca Ward presided at the pipe organ and on the pulpit with the pastor, Rev. C. H. Durham, were Rev. R. E. Sentelle, superintendent of the Lumberton graded schools, and Rev. R. A. Moore of Red Springs. After several songs, prayer by Mr. Durham, reading of Scripture lesson by Mr. Sen- COX-LYTCH. were Messrs. J. A. and W. D. Johnson, L. L. McGoogan, J. C. telle and prayer by Mr. Moore, uiuaay, a. wrignt and Dr. Mr. Durham announced that t T. L. Northrop. , Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Townsend, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Townsend and Mr. J. D. Powers attended the marriage of Miss Blennie Powers and Mr. Asa Ammonds at Powers last Wednesday. The Baptists of St. Pauls Baptist church want to correct an error that appeared in last Wednesday's Robesonian. Some one wrote an article and referred to the church building as costing friction and he had petween $1,500, and $2,000. This so much loyalty, so is not true. The building when furnished with seats will cost be tween 13,500 and $4,000 IN SOCIAL REALMS. Church Services Union Service in Honor of Rev. A. E. Baker. was not the intention to make the service conform to the usual order of first services, but it would be simply a Thanksgiving service and later it was the in tention to have a dedicatory ser vice. Mr. Durham expressed his great gratification at the bringing so nearly to completion of the new church and said that since the beginning of the work there had not been the least never seen much devo tion and less selfishness. Mr. Durham then called upon Mr. R. D. Caldwell, chairman of the building committee of the church. and Mr. S. Mclntyre, a member of the building committee and also a trustee of the Thomas At the new First Baptist ville Orphanage, who responded i it. cnurcn last evening a union ser- vice was held in honor oi Kev. A. E. .Baker, the retiring pastor of the Presbyterian church, who will move with his family Thurs day to Lynchburg, Va., where he will be pastor of the River- with appropriate remarks. The collection for the Thomasville Orphanage amounted to $157 and a collection oi 5)0 was taKen ior Jesse Ivey, a cripple who is in neecL Preaching services will be held in the new church regularly mont Avenue Presbyterian hereafter, but-Sunday school will be held in the old church for the present. Kev. A. E. Baker preached at the Presbyterian church and the collection there, for the Barium Springs Orphanage, amounted church. Mr. A. W. McLean, of the Presbyterian church, and Revs. E. M. Hoyle and C. H. Durham, pastors of the Methodist and Baptist churches, paid merit ed tribute to Mr. Baker's worth to the town as Dastor and Chris- to $102. tian crentleman and exDressed i he usual inanKsgivmg ser the sincere regret felt by the en- vice was held Thursday morning tire communitv at losinor him and at the Gospel tabernacle. It is his family. Mr. Baker respond- the custom of this congregation to ed with remarks appropriate to take a thank offering for some the occasion. SDecial object and on this occa- At the Methodist church yester- sion the offering was for the pur- dav mnrninir the nfiWrs and DOSe OI doing some needed work teachers of the Sunday-school on the inside of the church. The fnr thft ensuino- vear were in- collection was not sufficient to stalled. Mr. W. E. Jackson suc ceeds Mr. Cjt. M. wnitneid as superintendent, Mr. O. C. Nor ment is assistant superintendent, and Mr. Whitfield is secretary. The pastor, Rev. E. M. Hoyle, and Mrs. Hoyle leave to-night for Dunn, where Mrs. Hoyle will visit at the home of her mother, and thence Mr. Hoyle will go to Elizabeth City to attend the an- nual North Carolina Conference, which convenes Wednesday. Thi3 is the close ot Mi. Hoyle's third vear and he will carry to Conference an excellent report, all assessments being paid m full. An Egg Within an Egg. . Mr. W. H. Stalvey of Lumber ton soent Thanksgiving Day at the home of Mr. Gus. Honeycut at1 St. Paul and just before din ner Mr. Honeycut and Mr. Stal vey broke an egg Shut up! It's none of your business what they broke the egg for. And in this egg, just as tidy and complete as you ever saw, was another egg about the size Of a pea, a saucv little egg all iu its own shell. There was not much meat in it. it's true, but it was dmno- its best. And. anyway, it escaped being mixed up in what ever Messrs. Stalvey and Honey cut did with the egg it was in. finish the work desired and help from any friends of the work will be appreciated. Thursday evening before the hour for nrayermeeting the congregation assembled at the church with bundles galore and proceeded to the parsonage, where they gave Pastor Weiss a good pounding, The congregation then returned to the cnurcn, wnere a praise service, led by the new pastor Rev. G. B. Weatherbee, was held. As has been mentioned in The Robesonian, Mr. Weiss, af ter the service Thursday, began his work as superintendent of the Missionary Alliance in this State and Mr. Weatherbee, who ar riAOd Wednesday night from Kissimee, Fla.. succeeds him in active charge of the work here. Mr. Weiss will make Lumberton his headquarters and his family will continue to live here. The hearts of the inmates of the county home were made glad on this day of general thanksgiving by a bountiful din ner, contributed by the citizens of the town and carried to the home Thursday morning by Messrs. M. G. McKenzie and W. K. Bethume in the latter's auto mobile. , Mr. Isaac Wilkins, of Howells- ville. was a Lumberton visitor this morning. A Beautiful Church Wedding at Rowland Miss Naomi Lytch Becomes the Bride of Mr. C. B. Cox. At 4.30 o'clock Thursday af ternoon in the Baptist church at Rowland was a beautiful mar riage, when Miss Maomi Lytch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Lytch, became the bride of Mr. Charles B. Cox, the ceremony being performed by Rev. W. S. Ballard, pastor of the church. Quite a crowd had assembled at the church long vbefore the doors were opened and within a few minutes after that was done the church was filled to overflow ing. The church was beauti fully decorated with ferns and othet potted plants. Just before the appointed time Mrs. Graham McKinndh, of Rowland, sang "Garden of Roses," Miss Dora Smith, of Laurinburg, . presiding at the organ. To the strains of Mendelssohn's Wedding March the bridal party began to enter and Miss Smith drifted off into Lohengrin's Wedding March as the bride entered leaning upon the arm of her father and carry ing a beautiful boaquet of yellow chrysanthemums. She was at tired in corn-colored cloth with lace tunic, hand-embroidered medallions and gold trimmings. The bridesmaids were Misses Ina McNair of Laurinburg, Pa tience Alford of Rowland, Fran ces Covington of Florence, S. C, and Minnie Rozier of Favette- ville. They were attired in pink, and each carried a bouquet of of pink carnations. Mrs. W. L. Townsend and Mrs. Arch Hedg- peth, sisters of the bride, were . i 1 t i i tne names oi nonor and were dressed in white, carrying white carnations. Miss Hallie Lytch, sister of the bride, was the maid of honor. Messrs. A. D McKenzie, Clyde McCallum. Dan McLaurin and Dr. J. M. Smith, all of Rowland, were the grooms men. The groom entered with his brother, Mr. Dan Cox of Tarboro. Little Miss Thelma Hedgpeth, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Hedgpeth, carried the ring, and Alhe Bird McKinnon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gra ham McKinnon, and Lolita Lytch, youngest sister of the bride, were the ribbonr girls. During the ceremony Schubert's Serenade was played softly and Mendelssohn's Wedding March was used as the recessional. From the church the bridal party went to the home of the bride s parents, where many friends and relatives of the con- racting parties wjre received and all were served at a two- course luncheon. Beautiful and valuable presents by the hundred were received, which bore testi mony to the popularity of the bride and groom. The happy couple left on the 6.12 south bound train for Jacksonville, Fla.. where they will spend sev eral days. They will be at home in Rowland after the first of De cember, v The following attended the wedding from Lumberton: Mrs. Molhe Norment and children, little Misses Ruth and Marr Ro zier and Master Clinton; Miss Lillian Fonvielle, Messrs. Dun can Gregory, G. T. Cox and W. K. Bethune, Mr. Cox being a brother of the groom. Mrs. in S. Mclntyre Entertains Honor of Miss Christine Gower of Clayton and Mrs. J. D. Proctor. Friday afternoon and evening were delightful social occasions at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. Mc lntyre, corner of Sixth and Wal nut streets. In the afternoon from 3 to 5 o'clock Mrs. Mcln tyre entertained quite a number of the ladies of the town in hon or of Mrs. James D. Proctor and from 8 to 11.30 o'clock she en tertained in honor of her guest Miss Christine Gower of Clayton. One of the features of the afternoon's entertainment was a musical contest in which it was necessary for Mesdames R. C. Lawrence, R. D. Caldwell, J. R. Poole, James D. Proctor and T. C. Johnson to cut for the prize, a beautiful hat pin. Mrs. Caldwell won and she presented it to the guest of honor, Mrs. Proctor. A two-course luncheon was served. The special amusement for the evening was an initial contest,' in which it was necessary for each individual to answer ten questions with words beginning with his or her initials, and it was certainly a source of much fun. Mr. S. F. Caldwell won the prize, which was presented by Mr. Woodberry Lennon; and Mr. Caldwell passed it to the guest of honor. Miss Gower. Re freshments consisting of cream and cake were served and Misses Wilma Durham and Lillian Mc lntyre did the serving. Both the afternoon and evening enter tainments were made lively with much excellent music, and Miss Mary Waddell, one of the music teachers at the graded school, added greatly to the joys of both occasions by reciting several se lections. All those who were privileged to enjoy the pleasures of these occasions were frank to acknowl edge their indebtedness to Mrs. Mclntyre for a most pleasant time. LOCAL BRIEFS. A prominent young couple of Lumberton are to be married this week, but The Robesonian is not permitted to say a word; and it hasn't. The ladies of Zion's taber nacle school will give a box sup per and fishing party Friday evening of this week, beginning at 6 o'clock. Everybody is in vited. A charter has been granted the Merchants & Farmers Bank of Rowland, authorized capital stock $100,000, subscribed, $17, 000. J. H. McArn and others are the incorporators. Dr. and Mrs. N. A. Thomp son returned Wednesday from Baltimore, Md., where Dr. Thompson spent several weeks at Johns Hopkins Hospital doing post-graduate work in surgery. His numerous friends will regret exceedingly to learn that Col. N. A. McLean, who has been confined at his home on Elm street for the past six weeks, is not improving very rapidly. Coroner G. E. Rancke went to Maxton Friday to hold an in quest over the body of the negro child that was killed near that place Thursday. An account of the killing is given elsewhere in the Maxton correspondence. Rev. C. H. Durham, pastor of the First Baptist church. spent last week in Maxton as sisting the pastor of the church at that place, Rev. A. A. Mc Clelland, in a series of meetings which closed last evening. Mr. Durham came home Wednesday in order to hold services Thanks giving Day, went back to Max ton Thursday evening and re turned home Saturday night. Mrs. Charity Nicholson and Mr. Jesse Leonard of Nevrton A Surprise Marriage. Reported for The Robesonian. At the home of the bride, corner of Pine and Second streets, Saturday at 4:30 p. m. Mr. Jesse Leonard and Mrs. Charitv Nicholson were married, Rev. A. E. Baker performing the ceremony, lhe marriage was quite a surprise and was a very a met one,, being witnessed oy only a few relatives and intimate friends. The bride was beauti fully attired in a gray cloth suit with hat and gloves to match. Immediately after the cere monv the happy couple left for Newton, where they will make their home. Mrs. Leonard is well known,, here and has many friends in Lumberton. Mr, Leonard is cashier of the Farmers and Merchants Bank at Newton Miss Flora Wishart Entertains in Honor of Miss Beulah Brook of Wilmington. Miss Flora Wishart entertained Friday evening from 8:30 to 11:30 o'clock at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Wishart, corner of Fifth and Pine streets, in honor of Miss Beulah Brook of Wilmington, who is a guest of Miss Delia Wishart. The hostess and Miss Delia Wishart received at the door and Miss Bessie Powell presided at the punch bowl. In the contest for thevening Miss Esther Mc Neill won the prize, which was presented by Mr. Wallace Nor ment, who also presented a prize to the guest of honor. Refresh ments were served and the occa sion trom start to finish was a most pleasant one for all whose privilege it was to be present. Misses Clara Cumming of r ay- etteville and Janie Ketchum of Wilmington, who are visiting in own, were among the out-of- town guests. Quite a number ot the young adies and several married couples of the town were delight fully entertained Wednesday evening by the young men of the Commercial & Industrial Club at the club rooms in the Lumberton Cotton Mills office building. Re freshments were served, there was some good music and among the amusements for the occasion was a game of 'progressive hearts", in which Mrs. A. T. Parmele won the prize, which was presented by Mr, James D. Proctor. At The Opera House. Fayssoux, hypnotist, will do astonishing stunts at the opera house this evening. Saturday evening he put a man to sleep in one of the show windows of the Eagle furniture store, where the man has been sleeping since, and he will be waked on the stage this evening. This afternoon Fayssoux will undertake to find an object which a committee of four Lumberton men will hide. The Japanese Honeymoon was greeted by a large audience Thursday evening and Durno The Mysterious" mystified a good audienee Saturday evening. The Honeymooners Company, a musical comedy, is billed for Wednesday evening of this week. The company carries eight peo ple. Reserved seats go on sale at McMillan's drug store tomor- row morning, rnces id, zo, 6o and 50 cents. Money Needed For Demonstra tion Work. Money is needed for the farm- .i i l - TU ers demonstration won in iwu eson county and those who in tend to contribute are requestec to forward their contributions to Tirriasurer M. G. McKenzie at Lumberton at once. Miss Artemesia Rozier left this morninff for Panama City, t la., where she will spend some time . visiting relatives. Notices of New Advertisements, Waterman, fountain pens Boylin's Jewelry Store. An auction sale. Notice of prisoners to farm out. White & Gough tell of bar gains in a page Adv. Holiday goods an hand Lum berton Drug Co. You must have good apparel to reach the top Townsend Bros. Your luckiest day First Nat ional Bank. The pride of the good house wifeMcAllister Hdw. Co. The celebrated Pittsburg fenc ing McAllister Hdw. Co. Mules for sale. Lumber edger and wagon wanted. To Talk On Drainage. Mr. J. A. Brown of Chadbourn, president of the North Carolina Drainage Association, win mase a talk on drainage Friday eve ning of this week at Back Swamp. The revolution in Mexico seems to be a sort of now-you-see-it-ahd- now-you-don t game; one day dispatches state that the situa tion is well in hand and the next day there is report of fighting. Yesterday there was a 5-hour engagement near Chihuahua, 600 Federal troops routing . a force of 400 Maderistas, the lat ter losing 15 killed and many wounded. Mr. A. J. Evans, of rural route No. 1 from Parkton, was in town this morning.
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